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Omne adeo genus in terris hominumque ferarumque,
Et genus aequoreum, pecudes, pictaeque volucres,
In furias ignemque ruunt. Amor omnibus idem.
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Ay, all that breathe the breath of life yprove Alike, the unresisted fire of love: Man, beast, the aqueous tribe, the lowing herds, And denizens of air, the painted birds.
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Book III, lines 242-244 (translated by J. B. Rose)

 
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